Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 219.

TELEPHONE LIjNE PICKETS LINE the sidewalk in front of Ohio Beß Telephone building In Cleveland, a scene repeated across the nation in strike of Communications Workers of America.

Negotiations Resumed In Phone Strike Federal Mediator In Session With Union, Company NEW YORK (th- Negotiation* in the 43-state strike of telephone installers which has idled 150,060 operators resumed today. Federal Mediator Walter Maggiolo opened a joint session with representatives of the striking Communications Workers of America and the Western Electric Co. Maggiolo said he was trying to "get the feel of the situation." He said he hoped for resumption of driect negotiations between union and management Generally, the strike was having little effect on telephone service across the nation. Local calls were virtually unaffected since 85 per cent of such service is controlled through automatic dial equipment. Thousands of telephone operators refused to cross picket lines set up by striking installers, resulting in widespread delays in long-distance service. But officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. said switchboards in the 14 long - distance division buildings throughout the country were being manned at from 63 to 100 per cent of normal by supervisory personnel and operators who crossed picket lines. Directly affected by the walkout are 23,800 members of the CWA who install telephone equipment in Bell System exchange offices in 43 states. They went on strike when protracted negotiations over a new contract broke down early Monday. The only states unaffected by the walkout are Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Montana. The installers are seeking a oneyea r contract with an hourly pay increase of 15 cents, plus 5 cents in travel pay and various fringe benefits. Their wages range from $1.39 to S2BO an hour. Western Electric has offered a two-year pact with pay increases ranging from 6 to 12 cents an hour, plus improved fringe benefits » Jury Deliberating Confidential Case Trial, Arguments Concluded Monday HOLLYWOOD (UP) — The sixman, six-woman jury in the Confidential trial began deliberating today the fate of the scandal magazine and five other defendants accused of conspiring to commit criminal libel and to publish obscene material. Penalty for Fred and Marjorie Meade, operators of Confidential’s Hollywood listening post, Hollywood esearch Inc., ranges from probation to a maximum fiveyear jail sentence and-or a fine up to $5,000, if they are found guilty. The jurors will ponder 2,016 pages of testimony bound in 16 volumes, each one - inch thick. They contain some 800,000 words of testimony and argument. In addition, the panel has been given a total of 139 exhibits to study, including scores of “girlie" magazines and a dozen best-sell-ing novels. • Trial and arguments concluded Monday, after more than si x weeks of testimony, when Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker instructed the jury on legal points (Continued on Paar* Five) I

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Time Survey Shows Confusion In Slate Controversy Over New Indiana Law INDIANAPOLIS Wl - Governor Handley declined to comment today on Indiana’s confusing time issue after a State Chamber of Commerce survey showed many cities and towns planning to “defy"'a new law banning “fast" time after Sept. 29. If he said anything more on time, Handley said, he was going to put it in writing. Obviously the governor was referring to a news conference last week in which he was quoted as alternately threatening loss of state aid to schools changing class hours, and freedom from punishment. The chamber survey, however, was thought to be in accurate in some cases in the light of present attitudes among government at&dais. A questionnaire was sent to local chambers In ITS cities and towns on Sept. 10, two days before Handley threatened withholding of state aid from schools. Chamber spokesmen said many of the replies were postmarked either before or on the day of Handley’s The chamber sent a 3-point questionnaire to local chambers in 175 cities and towns. It got replies from only 57, of which 29 said they would switch back to"slow” time Sept. 29. 15 said they would stay on “fast” time to Oct 27, and 4 said they would stay on daylight saving time permanently. The questionnaire was sent in the face of a controversy over a new state law requiring seven months of “slow”, or central standard, time during the cold months beginning the last Sunday in September, and threatening withholding of state aid to governmental units which defy the law. The chamber said Fort Wayne, Shelbyville, Auburn and Butler replies indicated those communities would stay on “fast" time indefinitely. Scheduled to extend “fast" time through Oct. 27 were Gary, South Bend, East Chicago, Elkhart, New Albany, Mishawaka, Michigan City, LaPorte, Jeffersonville, Seymour, Whiting, Corydon, North Judson, Warren and North Liberty. The chamber said Corydon and LaPorte indicated they “probably” would extend “fast" time to Oct. 27. These communities were expected to switch to “slow" time Sept. 29: Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Muncie, Kokomo, Lafayette, Logansport, Vincennes, Peru, Washington, Greencastle, Greenfield, ushville, Noblesville, Tipton, Salem, North Vernon, Petersburg, Loogootee, Ligonier, Montpelier, North Manchester, Scottsburg, Fowler, Fortville, Flora, Worthington, Medaryville, Gaston, Nashville, New Palestine and Santa Claus. U.S. Population Now 171,510,000 WASHINGTON (UP) — The Census Bureau estimated today that the nation’s population had soared to 171,510,000 persons by Aug. 1. It represented an increase of 3.060,000 persons, or 1.8 per cent, since Aug. 1, 1956. Quash Motion Filed In Highway Scandal INDIANAPOLIS (IP! — A motion to quash five bribery charges against former highway chairman Virgil Red Smith was filed Monday in Criminal Court here by attorney Frank Symmes Sr. Judge Saul Rabb said he would rule on the motion next Tuesday. Smith was indicted by a Marion County grand jury on charges of accepting bribes from “Gio** salesman Arthur Mogilner.

Hol Campaign For Leader Os U.H. Assembly > New Zealand And Lebanon Candidates For UN Presidency UNITED NATIONS (UP) — The hottest campaign in years for the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly went down to the wire today wi|h the candidates of New Zealand and Lebanon both claiming victory. The issue will be decided shortly after thp opening of the 12th General Assembly at 2 p.m- c.d.t. today when the delegates of 11 countries choose by secret ballot between New Zealand Ambassador Sir Leslie Knox Munro and Foreign Minister Charles Malik of LebanonMunro’s supporters claimed 50 sure votes. Malik’s backers felt certain of 40. A simple majority of 41 is necessary for the election. Malik made a last-minute appeal to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for support, contending that if the United States did not vote tor him as a representative of a delicately placed Middle East country, it would be a blow to the Eisenhower Doctrine. The United States until now has been pledged to Munro. It was the first time in five years that the presidency has been seriously contested. The four previous presidents were elected without opposition . Munro carris the solid backing of the British Commonwealth, which claims the office under the accepted rotation principle. Malik is supported chiefly by the 28 nation Afro-Asian group, with notable exceptions such as Commonwealth members India, Pakistan and CeyThe Soviet bloc played coy until today, when Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was reported to have told Malik he would get the nine votes of the Moscow blocThe presidential race overshadowed otter for the rnomeni vs aeieg«iw* w* member countries—scheduled to become 82 with the admission today of newly independent Malaya —gathered for the opening session. Disarmament loomed as the issue likely to dominate the assembly debates, scheduled to run almost until ChristmasWith some of its 81-member nations on the threshold of “pushbutton warfare” capability, the pressing problem of preventing a nuclear global catastrophe overshadowed such other problems as Algeria. Cyprus, Arab refugees from Palestine and the unification of Germany and Korea. Forty foreign ministers assembled for the session in an atmosphere that was far cooler than last year’s opening when the Suez crisis and the Hungarian revolution had started to generats steam. This year, the Suez crisis was by the boards. The Hungarian situation still was simmering. Onl y last Saturday the assembly’s 11th session, as its final act, voted a new condemnation of Russia’s suppression of the Hungarian revolution. The delegates directed outgoing assembly President Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand to try to persuade Moscow and its puppet government in Budapest to get Red army troops out of Hungary. He will report to the 12th session. California Church Calls Rev. Schmidt Lutheran Pastor To Make Decision Soon The Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church in Decatur, today revealed that he has been extended a call to become pastor of the Lynwood Lutheran church in Lynwood, Calif. Rev. Schmidt, who will complete his 10th year as pastor of the Decatur church next January, stated this morning that he has reached no definite decision concerning the invitation, and probably will announce whether or not to accept the call about the first of October. The Lynwood church, organized 12 years ago, is approximately half the size of the Decatur congregation, but is growing rapidly. The church operates a parish school with six grades, and has a church, school, parsonage and teachers’ home. Lynwood, a suburb of Los Angeles, is located in a metropolitan residential area of approximately 30,000 population, and is located about midway between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Rev. Schmidt announced receipt of the call to the Decatur congregation Sunday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 17,1957

Students Returning To Schools In Nashville; Injunction Keens Peace

Cairo Reports Flight Os U.S. Planes In Area Newspaper Claims Plane Violations From U. S. Fleet By WALTER LOGAN W United Press Staff Correspondent The Cairo newspaper Al Ahram reported today that planes of the U.S. 6th Fleet had approached Egyptian territorial waters near Alexandria and circled the area for some time before flying away. It said Egyptian authorities issued strict warnings against planes approaching Egyptian shores or crossing Egyptian territory without authorization and that Egypt would not be responsible if there were violations. \ The newspaper, which did not give the date of the alleged incident, said Egypt did not plan aj formal protest since authorities understand it was a “maneuver in a war of nerves and Egypt does ■ not pay attention to such maneuvers." The Jordan gabinet was called into special session tonight to dis-| cuss Syria and a recent Syrian Damascus regime. There was no official American comment meanwhile on the Egyptian newspaper reports. Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar made similar charges at < his weekly news conference in Damascus Monday afternoon, repeating earlier assertions that U.S: 6th Fleet ships approached Syria recently. He said Syria may bring Western “interference with Syrian internal affairs” before the United NationsThough the Middle East situation was generally calm, Jordan authorities complained to the U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission that Israeli forces opened fire on Jordanian guards in the Tulkarem area Mon(Continued on Page Five) Emma Heckathorn Dies Last Evening Adams County Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. Emma Heckathorn, 82, wist of C. P. Heckathorn, died at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening at her home on Decatur rural route 3. Death was attributed to complications and followed an extended illness. She was 1 born in Whitley county Sept. 13, 1875, a daughter of James and Harriett Bolton, and was gnarried to C. P. Heckathorn June 8, 1906. They had lived on the same farm for the past 32 years. Mrs. Heckathorn was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to the husband are one daughter, Mrs. Golden Renner of Fort Wayne, and two brothers, Ferd Bolton of Alexandria? and Marshall Bolton of Elkhart, and eight nieces and nephews. Two sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conductBlack funeral home, and at 2 p.m. ed at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the at the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris and the Rev. Mr. Engle officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home* after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight 46-54. High Wednesday 75-84. Sunset today 6:51 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:29 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Increasing cloudiness and mild with showers likely. Lows Wednesday night in the 565. Highs Thursday tn the 80s.

Plane Crash Toll Increases To 11 Three Survivors > Reported Critical * NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (W — fThe virtually undamaged instrukment panel of the ill-fated Northfeast Aalrlines plane which crashled Sunday night, killing 11 persons, was regarded by investigatgors today as an important aid to ■finding the cause of the accident. 1 Even as officials went through The twisted wreckage of the twinengined DC3 in a swamp only half a mile from the Municipal Airport, hospital officials announced that two other passengers had died, in addition to the nine found dead at the scene. James S. Jeffers of Red Bank, NJ. died Monday night. Charles A. Chace, 40, of New York City died of injuries Monday morning. ' Thre of the remaining 13 passengers aboard the aircraft were m critical condition. . They were Jeffers wife, Anne Louise, Mrs. ■Blanche Rose of New Rochelle, |NZ Y.. and Mrs. Clair Blair of Paterson, N, J. I Both the pilot, Capt. Vincent L. [Pitts, 34, of Wellesley, Mass., and Phis co-pilot, Capt. Roger W. ES wetland. 33, Arlington, Mass., I w<e killed in the crash. I Tivil Aeronautics Board offlLgials said the intact instrument panel couff furnish an important lead to the cause of the mishap, on Page eight) To Naturalize Five In Court Thursday Public Invited To Court Proceedings At least five persons are expected to become citizens of the United States in naturalization proceedings in Adams circuit court Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Judge Myles F. Parrish has issued an invitation to several schools to attend the naturalization ceremony, which will also be open to the general public. Any interested person is invited to attend. An examiner from the naturalization service will file the formal motion for citizenship following the invocation by the Rev. Virgil Sexton. Following the routine examination by. Judge Parrish, the petitioners will be admitted to citizenship and will recite the oath of allegience. The oath will be administered by Richard Lewton, clerk of the Adams circuit court. The program will also Include an address to the new citizens by Judge Parrish and the playing of the national anthem by students of Adams Central high school. The identity of those to be naturalized is withheld until their request for citizenship has been granted. 21st Nuclear Test Is Postponed Today LAS VEGAS. Nev. W) — Adverse winds early today blew away the Atomic Energy Commission's plans to trigger the 21st nuclear shot of the test series at the Nevada proving grounds. Scientists said they were forced to delay their “Whitney” shot for 24 hours because winds would have carried fallout over populated areas. The shot was rescheduled for Wednesday. Hoover Invited To Speak At Capital INDIANAPOLIS (IB —lndiana Republican State Committee spokesmen said today that former President Herbert Hoover has been invited to speak at a SIOO-a-plate GOP dinner here Oct. 14. While overtures have been made to bring Hoover here, no response has been received indicating whether he will accept, and party leaders believed It would depend largely on the state of his health.

Thailand Army Takes Over In Bloodless Coup Pro-Western Leader Overthrown Today In Army Bloodless Coup BANGKOK (UP)—The Thailand army seized power early today in a bloodless coup that overthrew the pro - Western government of Premier Pibul Songgram. The country was placed under martial law. Pibul. himself an army field marshal, was missing and there was no reply to repeated broadcasts from Radio . Bangkok: "please report as soon as possible. Please report as soon as possible." Hie revolt against Pibul, a staunch friend of the United States, was led by one of his longtime supporters. Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat. Sarit has been a power behind the throne for years. He has never publicly declared his position in the East-West struggle. However, he is considered pro - ernPibul apparently had advance word of the coup and fled before tte army’s tanks and soldiers began rolling out of army headquarters Monday night to seize the strategic strongpoints in this storied city. The coup was one of the quietest in Thailand’s turbulent history, partially because it occurred on a Buddhist holiday when government offices and schools were closed When the 48-year-old Sarit made his move there was no resistance. Police headquarters were taken over smoothly and swiftly. It took less than five minutes to accomplish the job although the 56,000 man police force is rated on a par with the army. Within an hour bridges, communications offices and transportation headquarters were under Sarit’s strict control. Several of Songgram’s aides were reported under arrest, including his personal secretary, Gen. Poon Chatigavanij. Mrs. French Quinn Dies This Morning Lifelong Resident Os City Dies Today Mrs. Eva Quinn, 84, lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 5 o’clock this morning at her home in the McConnell apartments, North Third street, following an extended illness. She was the widow of French Quinn, prominent Decatur attorney, historian and lecturer. She was born in this aity Feb. 16. 1873, a daughter of Robert and Sophia Beery-Patterson, and was married to French Quinn in 1893. Mr. Quinn died Feb. 5, 1948. Mrs. Quinn was a member of the Christian Science church. Only survivor is a sister, Mrs. ; Charles Meyer of Niles, Mich. Two children, Reba and Robert, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted Ht 11 o’clock Thursday moroing at the ' Zwick funeral home, with J. F. Sells, Christian Science practitioner, officiating. : Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Wednesday until tune of the services. . I Fort Wayne Man IsKilled In Accident FORT WAYNE (IB — Carl H. , Zulliger, 85, Fort Wayne, was in- ( jured fatally Monday night when , he was struck by a car driven by Juanita B. York, 45. Fort Wayne, ■ as he crossed an intersection in the northwest part of the city. He died two hours after the accident in St. Joseph’s hospital.

Hurricane Esther Poses Gulf Threat Tropical Storm Is Picking Up Force NEW ORLEANS (IB - Louisiana coastal residents were warned today, for the third time in three months, to prepare for possible evacuation in the face of a tropical storm moving northward through the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Weather Bureau said that tropical storm Esther, packing 50 mile an hour winds, was centered about 270 miles south of the west Louisiana coast. It was moving ' northward at a forward speed of 10 miles an hour. The South Louisiana coastal region has been hit twice by tropical storms in recent months. One of them, Hurricane Audrey, caused widespread death and destruction. The second was much less severe but it led to mass evacuations. An increase in size and intensity was predicted for today and tonight. Meanwhile, Hurrciane Carrie was reported headed toward her end in the North Atlantic. Carrie did little more than sway the palm trees of Bermuda Monday. Winds oh the island went no higher than 35 miles an hour. Esther was first spotted Monday in the Gulf, cradle pt killer hurricanes, as a tropical depression. It has since moved 100 miles northward and grown into a more sharply defined storm area.

Ticket Sales Good For Hypnotist Show Show Discussed At Lions Club Meeting Defttur Lions were fired up about their fall project, the show; "Hypnotic Marvels,” which will be presented at the Decatur high school gym Thursday evening, September 26, at their regular meeting last night. The project will raise money for a room in the new hospital addition. Club president M. C. Sieling told the members that every merchant in town must be solicited for a donation ad for the show program, which will be distributed free to the 2,000 persons expected for the show. Advance ticket sales are going so well, Sieling stated, that an even better-known hypnotist, Dr. Morton Greene, has been obtained for the show. Dr. Greene will drive a car through the downtown area of Decatur completely blindfolded the day of the show, Sieling explained. Fifteen covers for the program were distributed. Merchants who have already given donation ads are Begun’s Clothing Store, Bultemeier Construction company, Carl Faurote Radiator Shop, City Cleaners, Commercial Print Shop, Cowens Insurance Agency, Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur Equipment Co., pierkes Implement Sales, Five Points Station, Fred Busche Motor Sales, Gateway Service Station, Gerbers Super Market; Hancher Barber Shop. Hi-Way Service Station. Heller Insurance Agency, Holthouse Drug Stores, Helen Howell Beauty Shoppe, Kohne Drug Store, Kroger Co., Lawson Plumbing and Heating, Mazelins Appliance Store, Meshberger Bros. Stone Corp., Morrison Farm Store, M. C. Sieling Homes, Parkway 66 Service; Riehle Tractor & Implement Co., Sheets Furniture Co., Smith Bakery, Smith Pure Milk Co., Smith Drug Store, The First State Bank. Vera's Beauty Salon, Vic’s Frozen Food Center, Yost Construction Co., Custer & Smith, attorneys, Severin Schur ger, attorney, Dr. Melvin Weisman, are! Ideal Dairy Bar. Special feature of the evening was a movie on the life of Rembrandt, shown by Dr. N. A. Bixler.

■ ■— ■men federal Court Injunction Is Keeping Peace Newly Integrated Schools Reported As Nearly Normal . NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UP)-Stu-dents went te class in “normal” numbers today at seven newly integrated Nashville elementary schools where a Federal Court injunction kept the peace. The situation at the beginning of the second 'week of first-grade racial mixing was in sharp contrast to troubled conditions that existed a week ago. Segregationist John Kasper and nine persons accused with him of stirring up trouble here last week were under preliminary federal injunction to keep hands off the gradual integration program. Kasper pleaded innocent today when arraigned on a charge of Inciting to riot. Court officials said his case is expected to come up about, the middle of November. In proceedings lasting only about 30 seconds. Kasper came into Criminal Court, pleaded innocent and was taken back to the Davidson County jail. - . 4 principals of all of Nashville’s integrated schools, including the Hattie Cotton School that was heavily damaged by a dynamite blast a week ago, reported attendance “normal.” The turmoil and violence that accompanied the start of integration last week had kept hundreds of pupils at homeArkansas Mothers Act Students returned to classes peacefully today after a three-day weekend that included a State Fair holiday olTMonday. Police Chief Douglas Hosse kept a few patrolmen around the integrated schools just in case trouble threatened again. As hope grew for a return to normal in Nashville, a mothers* league in troubled Little Rock, Ark., announced through an attorney it plans a legal action that could settle the differences between Gov. Orval Faubus and the federal government. The lawyer, Griffin Smith Jr., said the action is an appeal from the U.S. District Court order that Central High School in Little Rock be immediately desegregated. Faubus ordered out the state militia Sept 2 to halt integration at the school, ostensibly to prevent bloodshed and violence. The appeal opened new legal questions and apparently offered these possibilities: —The action could override the summons calling for Faubus’ appearance before District Judge Ronald Davies Friday to show cause why he should not be enjoined from further restraining segregation. —The entire question of integration could be put aside for as much as 90 days, since that much time is allowed for filing records in a case after the appeal itself is lodged Other Segregation News Among other developments in the South's racial problem were the following: ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Arlington County school officials planned to seek a stay, today or Wednesday, of a federal court order that would permit seven Negroes to attend all-white schools Monday(Continued on Page Five) Late Bulletins LITTLE ROCK, Ark. TO — U.S. Atty. Osro Cobb said today that U. 8. marshals are serving a “large number” of summonses to witnesses for the Friday Injunction hearing against Gov. Orval Fanbus. HALIFAX, N. 8. (V» — A U.S. 847 twin-jet bomber was reported to have crashed in the Gulf of St Lawrence today, the Royal Canadian Air Force said. The crew bailed out before the plane went down IM miles from Sydney, N.S., the RCAF said. The number aboard and destination of the plane were not immediately known.

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